The document discusses 7 basic CPU instructions - MOV, XCHG, ADD, SUB, INC, DEC, NEG - for transferring data and doing arithmetic. It provides the syntax and examples of using each instruction to move data between registers and memory locations, exchange register contents, add and subtract values, increment and decrement, and negate values. It also shows examples of translating statements into assembly language code using these instructions to calculate a series summation.